“We’d like to thank everyone here and overseas for the touching tributes to Hughesy in recent days,” he said.

“Our dressing room will never be the same. We loved him and always will,”

Earlier this morning Clarke tweeted a photo of the pair together, chatting at the crease. It was captioned: "You will stand with me every time I walk out onto that ground".

Queen Elizabeth also sent a message of sympathy to the Hughes family and superstar Elton John even paused his concert in Germany to express his sympathy.

The English singer dedicated his song “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” to the fallen cricketer.

“An Australian batsman called Phil Hughes died of injuries he received while batting in Sydney in Australia and the man who bowled the ball is a 22-year-old called Sean Abbott and it wasn’t his fault, it was a freak accident,” he said.

“And to Sean Abbott, all I can say is that it is going to take you a long time to get over this but you have a huge future ahead of you so please don’t give up.

Cricket Australia is still yet to advise when the first test against India will begin. (9NEWS) ()

“This is for you Phil, wherever you are.”

A funeral will be held for Hughes in Macksville on Wednesday.

Cricket Australia is yet to advise when the first test against India will begin after it was postponed.